Improvement in wool-presses



ATENE Erica.

RANSOM GREENE, OF VILLETT, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH BRIO-GS OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOOL-PRESSES.

Speeilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,064. dated March 2S, 1865.

T0 @ZZ whom it nfl/ay concern.-

Be it known that I, RANsoM GREENE, of Willett, in the county of Cortland and State ot' New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Pressing and Bundling Tool 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereot', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, figures, and letters of reference, making part ot' this specification.

Of the said drawings, Figure l shows atop View of the machine as open. Fig. 2 shows a top view ofthe machine as closed up. Fig. 3 shows the bundle ot' wool after it has been pressed and tied.

Similar letters of reference indicate lik parts in all the drawings.

My invention is designed as a cheap, simple, and effectual apparatus for farmers use for pressing and bundling wool; and it consists, trst, in the combination and arrangement of a series of hinged plates` or pieces to fold and press the wool; second, in the combination, with the hinged plates, of a mechanism for locking the press durin the operation of bundling; third, in combination with the, hinged plates and locking mechanism, the devices for holding the bundling-strings.

To enable others skilled in the art te make and use my invention, I will describe the construction and operation thereof.

I take a board, B-say twelveinches squareand of properthickness-say one and a quarter inches-and to this I connect with hinges 2 2 the side pieces, A A, which pieces are three times as long as B and of the saine width and thickness. I then take two other pieces, C C, ot' the same width and thickness, but a little longer than B, and secure them with hinges, 3 3, to the piece B. I then take a piece, D, of the same width and thickness as B, and ofcouvenient length, and cnt slots therein, as shown in the drawings, and hinge it atl l to the right-hand plate, A. In the plates A A, I

cut mortises, as shown in the dotted lines, Fig. 2, and insert springs a a., which springs are arranged to hold the pieces C C when turned up, as plainly shown. To one of the plates I pivot at F bars E E, which serve to lock the plates A A in vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2. To the lett hand plate, A, I attach hooks b b, which are pivoted at F, as plainly seen in Fig. l.

The plates A A are provided with a series of sharp notches, c c c, and the plates O C have corresponding notches d d. d, as plainly shown in Fig. l.

Operation: The machine being open, as shown in Fig. 1, the bundling-strings are placed on the -surt'ace and drawn into the notches c c c d d el. where they are held by friction, the ends being left suiticiently long` for tying, as shown in the blue lines in the drawings. The fleece of wool, in a partially doubled state, is laid upon the machine; the sides A are turned up to a vertical position a-nd then locked by means of the bars E E. The pieces C O are now turned up, the springs yielding into the mortises cut therefor until the pieces O O pass beyond, when they snap out and hold them. rIhe piece I) is now brought down upon the wool and locked by the hooks b b catching into notches e c. The strings, which are held by the pieces A A, are passed through the slotted piece D on the lefthand side, (the other end having been previously passed through the slots,) and are securely tied. The piece D is then released by throwing ott' the hooks, and the bundle is iinished by tying the strings from the pieces G O, and a neat, solid, square bundle is made, and the work may be done very rapidly.

I would here remark that from the construetion of the machine herein described the bundle of wool will be twelve inches ou each side, and should a smaller one be desired the piece B may be made ot the proper size wanted, and the sides, ends, and top to correspond therewith.

I claim- The hinged top piece, in combination with the folding sides, ends, and bottom, substantially as described and specified.

RANSOM GREENE.

Witnesses Jol-1N S. DYEE, M. E. BUELINGAME. 

